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Coldplay, Cheating, and Capitalism: The Astronomer Scandal Was Written in the Stars

Let’s set the scene: Gillette Stadium. The lights are low. The band is Coldplay—because of course it is. “A Sky Full of Stars” crescendos like the emotional climax of a mid-2000s rom-com. And right as the chorus hits, the jumbotron zooms in on two people who look like they’ve just discovered physical touch. Only it’s
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Trump’s Legs Are Tired. America is Too.

In news that will shock absolutely no one who’s seen a senior citizen in a golf cart wearing three layers of bronzer and rage, Donald Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI)—which, to the medically uninitiated, translates roughly to: his veins are tired of the bullshit too.
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War, What Is It Good For? Apparently…Global Distraction and Defense Contracts

If you’ve felt a strange global vibration lately, no, it’s not Mercury in retrograde or your ex trying to manifest you back through a dream journal. It’s the reverberation of yet another season of Earth: Total War, now streaming live from Ukraine, Sudan, Haiti, and anywhere else with two opposing factions, dwindling hope, and a
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Artificial Intelligence, Natural Stupidity: Trump’s $70 Billion Energy Plan Sparks National Migraine

In what political analysts are calling “the greatest leap forward since the invention of the flashlight app,” President Donald J. Trump is expected to unveil a “tremendous, historic, not-at-all-made-up” $70 billion investment package focused on artificial intelligence and energy. The announcement will be made at the Pennsylvania Energy Innovation Summit, which—despite the name—is being held
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Budget Cuts and Band-Aids: How to Save America by Abandoning Everyone Else

In a bold display of cost-cutting patriotism, the Senate has advanced President Trump’s request to trim a casual $9 billion off the federal budget—a move that mostly affects programs you didn’t realize were saving lives until yesterday’s headlines told you they might vanish. Among the financial casualties: foreign aid, public broadcasting, and—because irony is apparently
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Court Blocks Trump’s Deport-a-Palooza: LA Says ‘Nice Try, ICE Guy’

In what some are calling a seismic shift and others are calling “Tuesday,” a federal judge in Los Angeles has slammed the brakes on the Trump administration’s attempt to throw an immigration-themed block party — complete with surprise arrests and zero constitutional oversight. The temporary restraining order halts immigration enforcement operations across Southern California, which
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The Man, the Myth, the Misstep: Shannon Price Says She “Had No Choice” But to End Gary Coleman’s Life—Then Fails a Lie Detector

In a story that sounds less like a somber eulogy and more like a mid-season twist on a forgotten true crime docuseries, Shannon Price—the ex-wife, ex-roommate, and ongoing enigma of child star Gary Coleman—has emerged from the shadows once again. This time, she’s here to explain why she pulled the plug on Coleman’s life support
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Welcome to the Circus: A Love Letter to the American Experience (Now with Extra Fees!)

Being an American means never having to say, “This makes sense.” It’s waking up every day in a nation so committed to being “exceptional” that we’ve proudly invented our own measurement system, health care roulette, and the concept of a “patriotic brand of bottled water.” Let’s take a moment to appreciate the uniquely unhinged bingo
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Why I Wrote Suté and Solitude: Dating, Queerness, and the Beautiful Trash Fire of Modern Connection

Let’s get one thing out of the way: I didn’t write Suté and Solitude because I had answers. I wrote it because I was drowning in questions. About dating. About queerness. About whether emotional intimacy is still possible in a world where most people flirt by reacting to an Instagram story and ghost you faster
